During the Pendulum Wars, Garron Paduk fought for the UIR. His home nation of Gorasnaya was devastated by Locust forces shortly after E-day; Paduk was among a small group of refugees evacuated by the COG navy. As Gorasnaya refused to surrender at the end of the Pendulum Wars, Paduk was originally considered to be a POW by the COG. But after demanding that he had a right to fight the Locust, he became the charter member of the COG’s Open Arms Program for former enemy combatants willing to fight the Locust. After swearing an oath of allegiance to the COG, Paduk was assigned to Kilo Squad.